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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Which friend of Judy's does the family stop to see right after her parents tell her about their plan for her to be able to keep going to school?
(a) JT.
(b) Nora.
(c) Margaret.
(d) Sally.

2. Who is the boy who asks Marlee for help with his math homework?
(a) Ernest.
(b) David.
(c) JT Dalton.
(d) Little Jimmy.

3. What does Marlee's father tell her about who Pastor George is?
(a) He is Betty Jean's husband.
(b) He is a cousin of theirs.
(c) He is a work colleague.
(d) He is their accountant.

4. What does Sally say she did with her hairbrush that she loaned to Liz?
(a) Kept it.
(b) Sold it.
(c) Burned it.
(d) Threw it away.

5. Who do Marlee and Liz catch throwing eggs at Mrs. Jefferson's house on Halloween?
(a) Little Jimmy.
(b) Tommy.
(c) JT and Red.
(d) David.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is Marlee's favorite subject?

2. What does Mrs. McDaniels do when she meets Liz for the first time?

3. How does Marlee know Ms. Winthrop?

4. What animals do both Liz and Marlee like to listen to at the zoo?

5. What does Marlee's mother tell Marlee's father she is afraid that school integration will lead to?

Short Essay Questions

1. What does Ms. Taylor tell Marlee about the reason that Liz is not at school on the day they are supposed to present their history project?

2. When Governor Faubus orders the schools in Little Rock to close, how do Marlee's parents react to the news?

3. What does Betty Jean tell Marlee about some of the reasons Negroes try to pass as white?

4. What does Marlee's fear of jumping off the high dive in Chapter 1 represent?

5. How does Liz act when the colored students walk into the library where she and Marlee are preparing for their history project?

6. Why is Marlee disappointed with JT's behavior on the first day she meets him to help him with his math homework?

7. Why does Marlee choose to remain friends with Sally, even though Sally sometimes makes fun of her and mistreats her?

8. How do Marlee's parents react when they find out that Liz had been passing?

9. What does Marlee notice about the scientists she sees on T.V. who are involved in space exploration?

10. How does Marlee decide to try to get a message to Liz after Liz can not come back to school?

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